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MARTIN O. REl-IFUSS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF,GEORGE REHFUSS, AND J. GEORGE REHFUSS, OF SAME PLACE.

TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 398,186, dated February19, 1889..

Application filed May 4, 1888. Eierial No. 272,750. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN O. Rnnn'uss, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certainImprovements in Targets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a target that will retain theshot discharged at it and prevent rebounding of the same,

To and to provide the device with removable target-strips, and withmeans for feeding the same past an openingin the target-plate.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of myimproved target.

Fig. 2 is a face view. Fig. -3 is a side view. Fig. i is a section onthe line 1 L, Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a sectional. view of a modification.

A is the frame of the target, having an opening, a, for the face of thetarget B, marked in any suitable maun er.

The frame A can be made of metal or other suitable material, and in therear of this face is a box or plate, D,preferably of sheet metal, and inthe present instance hinged at d to bearings on the rear of the face A,and held in position against the rear of the face by means ofturn-lmckles b, pivoted at c to the rear of the faceplate, and adaptedto pass over lugs e on the box D.

Mounted in bearings F, secured to the rear of the plate A, is a roller,E, on which is a roll of paper, G, or other suitable material. Thispaper passes over a guide-roll, g, on the plate A, down to the rear ofthe plate, throughv an opening, d, in the top plate of the box,

plate, and in the present instance past a feedroller, ll, having teeth71, which engage with the paper. This feed-wheel is moved by a rope orcord; I, through any suitable mechanism. The particular mechanism shownI will describe hereinafter.

On the paper G is printed a series of targets, B, as shown in Fig. 52,and these targets are separated, preferably by perforations b, as shownin Fig. 2, so that as each targetreaches the bottom of the frame it canbe removed by tearing the paper on the line of the perforations.

This target is especially useful in contests in private or publicrifle-ranges, as one marksman may take a number of shots at the target,and then the paper can be-fed so as to present a fresh target andanother marksman may take his shots, and as "the targets are fed belowthe frame they can be torn, off, and if a marksman wishes to take therecord ofhis shooting with him all that he has to do is to remove thattarget from the strip.

An important advantage of the box in the rear of the target is that forprivate shooting the target can be set up in a room and be shot atwithout liability of the balls or shot rebounding around the room andinjuring persons, as I have found that by placing the box, as shown, in.the rear of the target, although the shot will penetratethrough thepaper and strike the back of the box in :reboumling, the paper willprevent the shot from. rebounding into the room, and the shot willconsequently be collected in the bottom of the box, and this old shotcan be savedand sold almost for the price of shot.

I have found by sundry experiments that where aboard is used for atarget. the first shotwill penetrate the board, and if a second shotstrikes the same place it will rebound, often to a considerabledistance. This is oliijeetionablc, as the target has to be placed in aroom especially adapted for shootin I have shown perforated paper in thedrawings, on which the targetis printed; but it will be understood thatthe paper need not be perforated, asloose sheets may he used instead. ofa continuous roll, in which case one v itl' lfl. ii llOlllOl (llOPPCClllltO llOSllTlOll and blllOllL'll L11 OlOlllllEl' (Z In the bOtlOlll toa:

to cover the opening a, as shown in Fig. 5; and in some cases the bottomof the box may be dispensed with, or, in fact, a plate, D, only may beused in place of the box, as shown in Fig. 5.

In the drawings, I have shown a feeding de vice, the cord. I leading tothe place where the marksman stands, so that when a fresh target iswanted the cord is pulled and a new tar get is fed into position, andthe old target removed.

The device illustrated in the drawings com-- prises a spring, '2',situated on a shaft, J, of the roll H, which. is mounted in bearings jjI00 at each side. The spring 2' is secured at one end to a collar on theshaft, and at the other the roller H a ratchet-wheel, m, and pivoted tothe rope-drum K is a ratchet, n, a spring, 01', tending to keep it ingear at all times with the ratchet-wheel, so that when the cord I ispulled in. the direction of its arrow, Fig. 3, the drum will berevolved, and the projection 71 will operate to feed the paper thedistance required. As soon as the rope is released, it will be woundupon the rope-drum K by means of the spring 1', which has been placedunder tension by the movement of the rope outward. As before mentioned,this special construction need not be adhered to, as many ways offeeding the cylinder may be adopted.

I do not claim, broadly, a target-plate having a sheet of targets to befed in succession past an opening in the plate, as this has heretoforebeen proposed; but

I claim and desire to securebylleliters Patrear of said opening andforming a shot-receiving chamber, and a pert'orable targetsheet closingthe opening in the target and serving to prevent the escape of shotrebounding from the back of the box, all substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the target-plate having an opening therein and aslotted shotcollecting box in the rear of the opening, a roll oftarget-sheets mounted on the plate above and outside of the box, andmeans for drawing the sheet of targets down through the slots of the boxand past the opening in the target-plate.

3. The combination of the target-plate having an opening therein, atarget-sheet roll, and a feed-roller mounted on opposite sides of theopening, and a shot-collecting box l0- cated back of the opening andbetween the target-sheet roll and feed-roll and slotted for the passageof the target-sheet, all substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in theprssence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM l). CONNER, '[IJENRY IIowsoN.

